人肉汤

老婆的外公已经八十零几岁了，他最高兴的事就是在孙辈前唠叨他年轻时候的事。
有一年他到我丈母娘家来住了一段时间，期间我回去过两次，听他唠叨过去的陈年旧事。
在国民党部队当兵时一顿吃五大碗白饭的事，走几十里地挑煤的事，吃野菜的事……等等。
下面就是他给我讲的一件他亲身经历的往事，由于他年事已高，讲话时头绪有点乱，我再三问他是否确有其事，他一会儿说得很肯定，一会儿又仰首思索。
我把它写下来，读者就当是听听故事罢了。

1949年初的三月，天气依然很寒冷。
偶尔下场小雨，更让人感觉是在冬天而不是春天。

刚打过五更，陈有福就起床了。
他打开门，看了看黝黑的街道，天正下着蒙蒙细雨。
就在棉衣外穿上街道合作社发的蓝布制服，掩上门走出了家。

街道合作社刚成立不久。
在解放前，陈有福在街上一家馆子里帮过工。
街道革命委员会把街道上的几家食店组成了一个合作社，然后把以前当帮工的都纳入进来成为了社员。
陈有福感觉以后的日子会越过越好，干起活来也特别有劲。
由于他是管炊火的，所以要在别人之前去食店生火。

街道上几乎没有路灯，陈有福在高低不平的石板路面上摸索着前行。
黑暗处偶尔会传来几声狗叫。
这是一个小镇，七八百米长的街道对于陈有福来说，熟悉得如同自己的手掌。
很快他就到了食店，开了门，点上煤油灯，就开始卸下店门面上的木板。
然后到店后面的大灶去开炉火。
他头晚下班前就要把炉火压好，第二天一来只须加上煤，捅开炉膛就行了。
这个大灶在食店后门处，之外便是一片田野。
大灶上是口三尺多的大铁锅，里面熬的是猪大骨汤，这是用来作面汤的。
食店隔两三天就往锅里加猪骨头，直到加满才把所有的骨头丢掉。
经过灶里的温火整晚熬的骨头汤到了白天时就有鲜味了。
到了灶边，陈有福没发现那个小叫花在灶边。
这个小叫花子来这镇上有一段时间了，白天在街上游荡，晚上就到灶边取暖过夜，店员有时会拿点剩的食物给他。
陈有福心想也许是到哪家的柴房里去了，毕竟是下雨天，又这么冷，靠着这点炉温是抵御不了寒冷的。
也就没放在心上，继续干着自己的活。

天已经大亮了。
开始有人来吃早餐。
这个小镇上的许多人都习惯到食点来吃碗面条。
有几个人边吃边说今天的面汤特别的鲜，所以吃起面来也觉得特别好吃，还问店员是不是昨晚在汤锅里加了新的猪大骨。
陈有福和店里的几个员工知道锅里还没加新的骨头进去。
也许是这锅老汤终于熬出了特别的味。
以前偶尔也有这样的情况。

接下来的两三天，来吃面条的顾客依然说汤特别鲜，就问陈有福是不是加了别的香料。
陈有福就感觉奇怪了，这两天没加任何东西，而且往锅里还添加了几次水，汤不应该还这么鲜的，正好锅里的一些陈猪骨头该捞起来丢掉了。
他就拿了把大漏勺子，来到店后面的大灶边，准备捞骨头，一个店员也来帮忙。
陈有福先捞起来一些小骨头，接着看见一根长的骨头，旁边的店员说：这是什么骨头？牛骨头没这么细，猪骨头又没这么长。
陈有福拿上手看了看的确是这样。
他再抡起漏勺，这下捞起一个人的头骨来。
吓得一下子就丢掉手中的勺子。
旁边的店员也吓得睁大了眼睛。

后来他们赶紧报告了街道革命委员会，革委会的人又报告到公按局，把这事提高到阶级敌人搞谋杀搞破坏的层面来调查。
整个店里的员工都接受了审查。
这个小镇的人有好长一段时间都不敢到食店来吃面条了。
过了很久也没听说破了案，也不知道死的是谁。
镇上有人说是小叫花到锅里捞骨头来啃时掉下去的。
但不管怎样，从那时起，人们就没见过这个小叫花子了。

Introduce:The grandfather of wife already eight years old, his gladdest thing is in namely grandson he chatters before generation the thing of young moment.
Have one year he came to a married woman's parents' home of my wife's mother period of time, I had gone back twice during, those who listen to him to talk about the past is age old job.
Take the job of 5 bowls of big plain cooked rice suddenly when Kuomintang army is a soldier, walk along a few lis of ground to raise the issue of coal, the thing …… that eats potherb is waited a moment.
A when he tells to me past that he experiences personally is below, as a result of him year of work is expensive already, the main threads of an affair when the speech is a bit random, I ask him repeatedly whether historicity, he says very for certain a little while, admire a thinking again a little while.
I write down it, the reader should be to listened to a story to stop.
At the beginning of 1949 in March, weather still very cold.
Now and then end spit, more feeling letting a person is in the winter is not spring.
Just had played the five watches of the night, chen Youfu got up.
He opens the door, look dark street, the sky is falling fine drizzle.
Put on the La Bu that street cooperation sends to subdue outside cotton-padded clothes, attack by surprise came to walk out of the home.
Street cooperation just held water before long.
Before liberate, chen Youfu has helped industry in an eating house.
Street revolution committee feeds the market a few times on the road inn comprised a cooperation, become before next of help with farm work bring into come in for the commune member.
It is better that Chen Youfu feels the following to the day can be crossed, work to also have interest particularly.
Because he is of fire tubal cook a meal, want to feed inn to make a fire before others so.
The street does not have street lamp almost on the road, chen Youfu goes before the gropingly on rugged flagging face.
Dark place can transmit a dog to cry now and then.
This is a small town, 779 meters long street to Chen Youfu, be familiar with the palm as oneself.
Very fast he arrived to feed inn, opened the door, lamp of the kerosene on the dot, begin the board on debus store appearance.
The ordinary mess that arrives next at the back of inn goes ingle.
Before his head evening comes off work, be about to had pressed ingle, come the following day simply adds coal, disclose opened the chamber of a stove or furnace to go.
This ordinary mess is in in the back door that feed inn, a field is besides.
The big iron bowl with a 3 much feet is on ordinary mess, what boil inside is soup of pig big bone, this uses water in which noodles have been boiled.
Feed inn to lie between 3 days two pig character is summed in past boiler, until add full ability to desertion all bone.
The bone boiling water that through the Wen Huo in kitchen whole evening boils arrived when by day have little taste.
Arrived by the side of kitchen, chen Youfu did not discover that small call a flower to be by the side of kitchen.
This small beggar comes there is period of time on this town, loaf about on the street by day, warm oneself to the side of kitchen in the evening pass the night, counterjumper can take the food of bit of remnant to give him sometimes.
Chen Youfu heart thinks perhaps is to arrive in which bavin room, it is to rain after all10922